HighPoint Announces Thunderbolt 2 Storage Solution

The RocketStor 6300 Series Adapters are the latest devices from HighPoint that use the Thunderbolt 2 interface. The devices provide an innovative take on Thunderbolt by integrating PCIe expansion directly into the product, eliminating the need for an additional component. The RocketStor 6328 offers a hardware Thunderbolt RAID adapter with support for up to eight SAS/SATA drives, up to twenty drives with a SATA port multiplier, and up to 128 wit a SAS port multiplier. It supports all common configurations of RAID and JBOD and versions of Mac OSX later than 10.9. The 6328L and 6324L offer quick solutions for upgrading existing Thunderbolt 2 solutions. These adapters are designed to support JBOD configurations and transfer speeds up to 20Gb/s. The 6328 has an MSRP of $699 while the 6328L and 6324L have prices of $399 and $299, respectively.